- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- June 10, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Died
- July 2, 2019
José Luis Merino
Jose Luis Merino (10 June 1927 – 2 July 2019) was a Spanish film writer and director who developed a cult following among horror film fans. He was born in 1927 in Madrid, Spain, as José Luis Merino Boves, and went on to direct around 30 films during his long and varied career as director and writer (1958–1990), most of them action/adventure films, crime dramas , spaghetti westerns, war movies and costume dramas involving Robin Hood, pirates, Zorro etc. He is known to horror film fans for the two horror movies he directed in the early 1970s: Orgy of the Dead ( aka The Hanging Woman ) and Scream of the Demon Lover (aka Ivanna ), which have both become cult classics over the years. Merino never considered himself a horror film director, he chose rather to favor his many action/adventure films. He died on July 2, 2019, at age 92.
Filmography
movieMerry-Go-Round c. 1950
2004
movieThe Grandfather
1998 · Camarero casino
movieLa herida luminosa
1997
movieCourse Completed
1987 · Producer
movieDouble Feature
1984 · Production Manager
movieEl crack dos
1983 · Meri, Unit Production Manager
movieLa avispita Ruinasa
1983 · Director, Writer
movieUSA, violación y venganza
1983 · Director
movieLas chicas del bingo
1982 · Niño
movieBegin the Beguine
1982 · Producer
movieEl crack
1981 · Meri
movieViva la clase media
1980 · Camarero
movie¡Qué verde era mi duque!
1980 · Unit Production Manager
movieSiete cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979 · Director
movieLas verdes praderas
1979
movie7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
1979 · Zachary, Director, Writer
movieTobi
1978 · Property Master
movieAlone in the Small Hours
1978 · Assistant Unit Manager
movieDonde hay patrón...
1978 · Property Master
movieAsignatura pendiente
1977 · Unit Production Manager
movieMarked by Men
1977 · Director, Writer
movieTill Divorce Us Do Part
1977 · Unit Production Manager
movieMás fina que las gallinas
1977 · Property Master
movieBeatriz
1976 · Property Master
movieSábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
1976 · Director, Writer
movieEarthquake in Chile
1975 · Line Producer
movieMi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
1975 · Unit Production Manager
movieLos nuevos españoles
1974 · Unit Production Manager
movieJuegos de sociedad
1974 · Director
movieTarzan in King Solomon's Mines
1973 · Writer, Director
movieThe Hanging Woman
1973 · Director, Writer
moviePirates of Blood Island
1972 · Director, Writer
movieThe Desire in Autumn
1972 · Producer
movieZorro the Invincible
1971 · Director
movieZorro, Rider of Vengeance
1971 · Director
movieWhen Heroes Die
1970 · Director, Writer
movieScream of the Demon Lover
1970 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieMore Dollars for the MacGregors
1970 · Director, Writer
movieZorro's Latest Adventure
1970 · Director
movieSatan's Five Warnings
1970 · Director, Screenplay
movieRobin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
1970 · Director
movieSlaughter on the Khyber Pass
1970 · Director
movieHell Commandos
1969 · Director, Writer
movieA Bullet for Rommel
1969 · Story
movieThe Battle of the Last Panzer
1969 · Writer, Director
movieGatling Gun
1968 · Screenplay
movieRequiem for a Gringo
1968 · Director
movieColpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar
1968 · Director
movieKitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
1967 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieEuropa canta
1966 · Director
movieFor One Thousand Dollars Per Day
1966 · Executive Producer
movieEl rayo desintegrador
1966 · Executive Producer
movieDiálogos de la paz
1965 · Executive Producer
movieAlféreces provisionales
1964 · Director
movieEl Lazarillo de Tormes
1959 · Assistant Director
movieAquellos tiempos del cuplé
1958 · Director, Writer
movieLa puerta abierta
1957 · Assistant Director
movieAndalusia Express
1956 · Assistant Director
movieCabaret
1953 · Assistant Director
movieHabitación para tres
1952 · Assistant Production Manager
movieQuema el suelo
1951 · Production Assistant